I always tell my parents to do lots of little things with their children - get the children to write lists, address envelopes. IF they want to watch TV they have to read the review of the programme first and write a paragraph about it, same with gaming. I think the things they can build into every day are best. I see I am REALLY late with this reply!!

I wrote some help sheets for our website with ideas such as advice on paired reading for parents. We also have a literacy booklet for new parents which informs them about what strategies teachers might use with pupils so that they are able to help at home. I realise this is a rather late reply to this post and may well be totally out of date. I will put a version of our stuff on the TES just in case!